Storm reports for July 26, 2000

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On July 26, 2000, 82 hail, 67 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 17 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Story County, IA.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (82)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.9 million in property damage, $663,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (155 events in 17 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Volusia County, FL (near Deltona) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $12,000 · 1 injury
  “Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees in the Deltona Area. One woman was injured when a tree fell on her car as she was driving in Deltona.”
• Buchanan County, MO (near St Joseph) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $1 million
  “The highway department reported downed trees up to 4 feet in diameter, and a tree blown down onto a car. A 90-foot flagpole was broken. A building under construction in an industrial park sustained over $1 million in damage.”
• Brown County, OH (near Higginsport) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds caused damage at the White Oak Creek Marina. Numerous trees were knocked down, several of which fell on campers and boats.”
• Hillsborough County, FL (near Tampa) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “Tampa Electric Power Company officials reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees, branches and power lines from Davis Island southeast to Gibsonton in central Hillsborough county.”
• Jefferson County, AL (near Birmingham Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $30,000
  “The Birmingham International Airport observation reported a 50 knot wind gust at 2116 GMT. The roof of the Pemco Aeroplex Building at the airport was totally torn off, and it destroyed 6 telephone poles in the process.”
• Clay County, MO (near Gladstone) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $25,000
  “The roof was blown off a building and equipment was blown over at a construction site in Gladstone.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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